Saturday, January 24, 2004

This Saturday we had an invitation to a Chinese New Year Open House at Genting Highland.... Hosted by non other then Mr.Lim Goh Tong himself, the owner as well as the developer of this great holiday resort......He is the visionary that lead to the creation on this Family Entertainment Resort and the first Casino in the country...It is situated on the top of the mountain, in dense tropical forest just about thirty kilometers away from Kuala Lumpur....With the cool weather all throughout the year, the Genting Highland resort makes a great family getaway where entertainments for all ages are available...And of course for those that love gambling then the Genting casino is the place to be...This is at present the only casino in this part of the world...So tourist from other countries in this region would flock to this magnet to spend their money with all the excitement that only a casino could provide...There are also live entertainment shows of international standard that are brought especially for the theatre there...A look at this website would give one the happening at this great resort...Genting Highland Resort .......... We drove up the winding roads to the top of the mountain range and join the other guests for the special lunch at the great entertainment Hall....At half pass noon the lunch start with the usual performances of the traditional Chinese lion dances and other traditional performances...The Host, the grand old man himself arrived with the pomp and splendor and so are other VIP's....It was a large buffet lunch with varieties of Malaysian food spreads...As usual at a function like this one get the opportunity to meet some old acquaintances and makes new friends...I did met an old classmate that I had not met since we left school in nineteen fifty seven....What a great surprise... He left to join army and then left the army and now he is one of those top executives with the Genting Group that managed this resorts on the top of the world...Then I met my cousin who happen to be another CEO of a company that is also part of the Genting group...Of course I met others that I had not met for quite sometime...The meeting makes my day for not only the lunch was great, the meeting of old friends that was out of sight for such a long period...was indeed a bonus at this golden age..., where friendship means a lot...... A young businessman with a kid join our table...and eventually, he a stranger soon became a friend...So the list of my friends began to grow...we exchange cards and promise to communicate later...We chat as we enjoy the meals and as with buffet we would leave the table for a while to sample more of the other delicacies and in between would meet the other guests as well... After the lunch affairs we left to see the other part of the resorts which at that time was crowded with holiday makers that came from all over the country, as well as our heighbor Singapore and Thailand.........It was indeed an exciting Saturday for me for I had not been to this resort for quite some time already...We left the resort at just past four in the afternoon and enjoy the drive home...The weather was fine and cool and the scene all along the winding road was refreshing green all the way..The floral and fauna that makes the tropical jungle was indeed a pleasing sight to see all the way down the hills..My wife and me really did enjoy this trip to the top of the world..the Genting Highland Resort....

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